NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of living organism stores saturated fats?
A
Plants
B
Fungi
C
Bacteria
D
Animals
E
Protists
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Animal fats with stearic acid and palmitic acid (common in meat) and the fat with butyric acid (common in butter) are examples of saturated fats. Mammals store fats in specialized cells called adipocytes, where globules of fat occupy most of the cell’s volume.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saturated fats are found in animal-based foods like beef, pork, poultry, full-fat dairy products and eggs and tropical oils like coconut, and palm.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most animal fats are saturated. The fats of plants and fish are generally unsaturated.

Detailed explanation-4: -Unsaturated fatty acids are found mainly in plants, especially in fatty tissues such as nuts and seeds. Oils that are liquids at room temperature, such as olive oil and canola oil, contain mostly unsaturated fatty acids.

Detailed explanation-5: -Animals store most of their excess glucose as energy in the form of fatty acids because fats are the most energy dense form of molecule, allowing animals to store the highest amount of energy in the least amount of space. Fats consist of only high-energy bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms.

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